How HutanBio Marine Microalgae Make Sustainable Low Carbon Bio-oil
Natural, sustainable sunlight-powered carbon capture and conversion into low carbon fuels
- HutanBio HBx marine microalgae are single-celled plants that we have engineered to efficiently produce low carbon bio-oil
- Using only sunlight and seawater, HBx microalgae capture greenhouse gas and convert it into algal bio-oil
- HBx bio-oil is a carbon neutral drop-in marine and heavy diesel fuel
- HBx bio-oil can also be used as a low carbon feedstock for more sustainable fuels and petrochemicals
Fourth Generation HutanBio Low Carbon Marine Fuels
HutanBio HBx microalgae produce low carbon bio-oil drop-in marine diesel fuel for IMO2030
- HutanBio has developed scalable, cost-effective, low carbon emission marine microalgal biofuel technology to meet the challenge of transition to net zero in the marine and heavy transport sectors
- HutanBio engineered HBx marine microalgae
- HutanBio’s combined microalgal and bioengineering technologies deliver higher biofuel productivities than any other oil crop using desert/non-agricultural land without compromising food production and freshwater resources
- HutanBio HBx bio-oil is a drop-in marine and heavy transport diesel that does not need expensive, carbon-intensive refining and can be used in today’s powerplants without costly and time-consuming retrofitting
- HutanBio’s technology offers a scalable route to a flexible, economically viable and sustainable solution to decarbonising the global supply chain
Engineering
Efficient, scalable biosecure photobioreactor systems
- Biosecure photobioreactors maximize production efficiency, product purity and yield
- HutanBio has developed photobioreactor systems from bench to industrial scale
- Our systems are highly robust having been deployed for over five years continuous operation in desert as well as tropical locations
- Our in-depth field experience is incorporated into our engineering to give better and consistent performance under extreme conditions
Research Platform
Biodiversity, Metabolic and Genomic Engineering
HutanBio searches the huge biodiversity in the marine microalgal world looking for safe, robust and efficient microalgal strains that we can engineer as production platforms for specific applications as new sustainable solutions in the global response to climate change.
- We apply metabolically-targeted protocols to rapidly isolate robust marine microalgae
- Isolates are characterized using quantitative physiological profiling
- Whole genome-scale genetic models from full genome sequence data provide a deep understanding of each microalga
- Using directed evolution approaches, production strains exhibiting high light, high temperature, broad salinity range tolerance are engineered
- Production strains are incorporated into integrated culture and downstream processing to make a complete industrial biofuel solution
Products & Services
Sustainable, Low-emission Production Systems and Products,
Genome analysis, Modelling, Scale-up and Optimization services
- HutanBio low-emission microalgal biofuel production systems produce hydrocarbon chain lengths C8-C20 that are suitable for low-emission aviation and diesel fuels
- HutanBio high purity, bio-active ingredients for personal care and pharmaceutical applications
- HutanBio offers consulting expertise in genome analysis, modelling, scale-up and optimization services from bench to industrial pilot
